commune (town), southern Congo (Brazzaville), and an important transport centre for western Congo (Kinshasa) and southern Gabon. It lies 70 miles (110 km) northeast of Pointe-Noire (the Atlantic coastal terminus of the railway and highway network of Congo 【Brazzaville】), near the junction of the main Brazzaville–Pointe-Noire railway with a branch north to the Gabon border, and is also the southern terminus of major highways from Cameroon and Gabon. Loubomo also has an airport. It is a mining (gold and lead) and market (leather, sisal, and cattle) centre. The town also has small industries producing wood veneer, sawed lumber, and carbonated beverages. Pop. (1992 est.) 83,605.